Hans U Fuchs
Biographic Data
| ID | 4349807 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hans U Fuchs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hans U |
| FAMILY NAME | Fuchs |
| SIGNATURE | FUCHS H U |
| AFFILIATIONS | ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4699-033X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Primary Physical Science Education
This open access book integrates studies of direct encounters with Primary Forces of Nature with imaginative narrative forms of communication
Young Children’s Ideas about Heat Transfer Phenomena
In this article, we present kindergarten children’s ideas about thermal phenomena before any educational intervention took place. In order to capture and account for the heterogeneity of the kindergarten group in this study, first teachers observed children’s exploration behavior, task orientation, science interest, and language comprehension in everyday kindergarten life using a structured observation form. Then, 24 children aged between 3.8 and…
Embodied Simulations of Forces of Nature and the Role of Energy in Physical Systems
We experience (perceive, act upon and react to, and conceptualize) dynamical processes in nature as agentive. Expressed differently, we experience events as resulting from activities and interactions of Forces of Nature (such as wind, light, heat, fluids, electricity, substances, and motion) that are conceived of as powerful agents acting and interacting in physical environments. An example would be sunlight creating heat in the Earth’s surface l…
Primary Physical Science for Student Teachers at Kindergarten and Primary School Levels
This is the second of two papers on a novel physical science course for student teachers that develops and uses an imaginative approach to Primary Physical Science Education. General philosophical, cognitive, developmental, and scientific issues have been presented in the first paper; here, we briefly recapitulate the most important aspects. In the main part of the current paper, we present in some detail concrete elements of the implementation o…
Primary Physical Science for Student Teachers at Kindergarten and Primary School Levels
This is a theoretical paper in which we describe the motivation for and the design of a novel primary physics course for student teachers at kindergarten and primary school levels that uses cognitive tools such as metaphor, analogy, and narrative. The course has been taught in the master’s program in teacher education at three Universities over the last 5 years. It is based upon a model of the experience of forces of nature that draws upon four e…
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Primary Physical Science for Student Teachers at Kindergarten and Primary School Levels
This is a theoretical paper in which we describe the motivation for and the design of a novel primary physics course for student teachers at kindergarten and primary school levels that uses cognitive tools such as metaphor, analogy, and narrative. The course has been taught in the master’s program in teacher education at three Universities over the last 5 years. It is based upon a model of the experience of forces of nature that draws upon four e…
Embodied Simulations of Forces of Nature and the Role of Energy in Physical Systems
We experience (perceive, act upon and react to, and conceptualize) dynamical processes in nature as agentive. Expressed differently, we experience events as resulting from activities and interactions of Forces of Nature (such as wind, light, heat, fluids, electricity, substances, and motion) that are conceived of as powerful agents acting and interacting in physical environments. An example would be sunlight creating heat in the Earth’s surface l…
Primary Physical Science for Student Teachers at Kindergarten and Primary School Levels
This is the second of two papers on a novel physical science course for student teachers that develops and uses an imaginative approach to Primary Physical Science Education. General philosophical, cognitive, developmental, and scientific issues have been presented in the first paper; here, we briefly recapitulate the most important aspects. In the main part of the current paper, we present in some detail concrete elements of the implementation o…
Young Children’s Ideas about Heat Transfer Phenomena
In this article, we present kindergarten children’s ideas about thermal phenomena before any educational intervention took place. In order to capture and account for the heterogeneity of the kindergarten group in this study, first teachers observed children’s exploration behavior, task orientation, science interest, and language comprehension in everyday kindergarten life using a structured observation form. Then, 24 children aged between 3.8 and…
Primary Physical Science Education
This open access book integrates studies of direct encounters with Primary Forces of Nature with imaginative narrative forms of communication
Psychology (4 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Embodied cognition (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works)